by Ace Ventura » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:16 pm
I havent read any of this thread after match so not sure what the general opinion is.
I'll give mine anyway.
That was one of the slowest paced competitive games i have ever seen. You could of been forgiven for thinking that it was a pre season fixture.
We were allowed as much time in possesion at the back as we wanted and although we didnt create much we didnt actually look like conceding.
If Voronin hadny scored what should be a crucial away goal in the first half i think you would of seen far more urgency. But the fact that we were 1-0 up and away in that heat allowed the players to ease up and sort of player in a lower gear.
I know they were there for the taking and we should put teams like that to bed, but we have Chelsea on Sunday and i am more concerned with getting a decent first leg result in and the players not being over exerted too much than pushing on putting the game to bed and possibly feeling the effects of it on Sunday.
Mascherano was my mom and looks better every time i see him in a red shirt.
Voronin took his goal well, while Crouch looked out of sorts but thats to be expected after hardly featuring pre season and the tempo of the game.
I am happy enough with what i saw, even Babel who was relatively quiet showing glimpses of what he can do.
The only thing that sort of bothered me was the Setanta coverage, it just seems so channel 5, with Dean Saunders woffling cr@p for most of the game.
ALLLRIGHTY THEN !!